Calling students and teachers!
My debut novel, Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe, is the story of 12-year-old Cricket and a field cricket named Charlene who find adventure in an overgrown ghost town in Electric City, Mississippi. They follow a thirty-year-old clue trail left by an eccentric artist in search of a secret room that may or may not exist–all to try to win back Cricket’s run-away mother. Cricket must use her wits and just a smidgen of luck to live off the land in a Mississippi winter and put together the pieces of an increasingly baffling puzzle.
Just like time spent outdoors, reading can be an adventure! Join me, Cricket, and Charlene in these fun activities:
Nature Activities
A Quick Woods Time Meditation Activity
10 Fun Things to do this Summer
3 Ways to Make Your Mornings Happier – With Nature
3 Ways to Make Your Evenings Happier – With Nature
3 Ways to Use the Power of Nature to Make this a Terrific Summer
Reading Activities
Taking Your Reading Adventure to the Next Level
Activities with Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe:
Teachers! There are resources for you too!
Writing
Using Fiction to Explore Nature
Building Empathy Through Writing – Exercise
Using Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe
Building Grit Kit Online Trivia Game